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  • Poll [25 votes]: Would you like there to be a FanFic Forum?
Subject: FanFic Forum?
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Poll: Would you like there to be a FanFic Forum?  [closed]
Yes:  44%
(11 Votes)
No:  56%
(14 Votes)
Total Votes: 25

Hey, not sure if this has been asked of yet, but wouldn't it be nice to have a new forum dedicated towards Fanfics and their discussions? I've always been interested in reading the ideas people come up with for side plots in the Halo Universe and wished there was some way to organize it all into one place. Besides, with Bungie.net's layout being remodeled, it would be a perfect time to add it in.

Am I the only one who feels this way? What do you guys think about this idea?

  • 03.17.2007 6:58 PM PDT
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Jesus no! The only reason I would want a forum like that would be so that the fan fiction doesn't clutter up the other forums. Use a group or something.

  • 03.17.2007 7:08 PM PDT
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No. There is a fanfic sticky in the Flood forum.

  • 03.17.2007 7:11 PM PDT
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Oh, alright. Well, personally I feel a new forum for it would make it a place where all of them are sent so that they don't clutter up the other ones like you said, and that way anyone looking to read some can easily locate/ browse them.

  • 03.17.2007 8:23 PM PDT
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I really don't see why having a FanFic forum would bother anyone who dislikes them in other forums. Wouldn't it simply force people to post them there and out of your way?

  • 03.17.2007 9:40 PM PDT

Having a Fanfic forum won't happen, and is pretty useless. I'll explain why.

First off, there isn't nearly enough fanfiction being written on bnet. I've been in charge of OFG (official fanfic group) on bnet for over a year and the number of fanfic's has decreased exponentially half a year ago until it was down to one a month. Expecting to really use a fanfic forum correctly would just be silly.

Secondly, HBO has a huge fanfic forum that has fanfic's added daily, and is updated and maintained quite well by good people. There is no need to have one here when they have such a big connection with bungie.net and they will do a much better job than can be done here, simply because of the manpower required.

Third, groups like OFG do exist and there is no need to make an entire forum devoted to fanfic. That was the discussion we had about making a fanfiction forum back over a year ago and that brought about the making of OFG. There is no reason such a group cannot deal with fanfiction as opposed to an entire forum, which would have to be moderated my, who else, forum moderators. Which brings us to...

Fourthly, there is simply no way the forum moderators could keep up with fanfiction on bnet if it were in a forum. The occasional 10 or so monthly in new mombasa isn't a problem, but if there's an entire forum devoted to it, they'll have to watch all those forums, keep tabs to make sure that authors aren't doing anything illegal, and make sure that spam wars don't break out. As a previous fanfic author, I know that it happens quite often, and moderators simply cannot be tasked to deal with it. We rarely needed to bring them in and thankfully resolved differences ourselves, but for everyone on that forum to do so would be wishing for miracles. Wishing only goes so far.

So yes, there are probably a few benefits to having it, but they don't nearly outweigh the costs.

  • 03.17.2007 10:12 PM PDT

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yes, because I think it would work more than a group, as it would allow non members to come and see what is being written. It would also add some space to the other forums.

nvm, just read the post above me (edit) I did notice a problem, I was in a group of it, I wrote a couple stories, but yeah fan fictions has been dying our recently, I think material has just been used up.

[Edited on 3/17/2007]

  • 03.17.2007 11:38 PM PDT
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Halo General Forum FTW!

  • 03.18.2007 12:49 AM PDT

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Yeah, that would be good wouldnt it.

  • 03.18.2007 3:26 AM PDT

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yes ye yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes ye syes yes yes yes yes yen syes yes yes and so on. we need a fan fic forum, but it could be a community creation forum for stuff like fan fics and michinma or wat ever its called

  • 03.18.2007 6:55 AM PDT

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Good idea on the "user created" forum man. That would take out a lot of traffic, and would make a public machinima, fan fic, mod viding, and such community. However, there are a lot of other sites for that... I would like it, but is it necessary?

  • 03.18.2007 10:28 AM PDT
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A general Halo forum that includes fanfic, movie info, novel info, etc . . . would be a good idea. A fanfic forum would be too narrow.

  • 03.18.2007 11:59 AM PDT
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nah

  • 03.18.2007 12:01 PM PDT
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No. We don't need a Fan-Fic forum. Everyone posts their Fan-Fics in groups, or if they want public viewing, in The Flood.

  • 03.18.2007 12:02 PM PDT

Posted by: natedogr
No. There is a fanfic sticky in the Flood forum.


yep

  • 03.18.2007 12:04 PM PDT

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No. I don't want a filthy fan fiction forum. If someone writes good fan fiction, they can prove it by posting it in the forum it relates to, and it will keep afloat with positive feedback.

  • 03.18.2007 12:18 PM PDT